BROOMFIELD, Colo. _ Ball Corp. on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $160.4 million. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 94 cents per share. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.12 billion.

But there are signs of slowing momentum around New York, Los Angeles and Washington. Rents continue to jump at double-digit rates in Denver, San Francisco and San Jose, California. Median prices slipped month over month in the New York metro area by $15 to $2,340, while also dropping slightly in Washington and flat-lining in Los Angeles.

DENVER _ Antero Midstream Partners LP on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $19.5 million. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 11 cents per share. Antero Midstream Partners shares have risen almost 3 percent since the beginning of the year.

DENVER _ Whiting Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $149.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of 16 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 1 cent per share. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $644.8 million.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Mary Hudetz, a former Associated Press journalist and current editor of Native Peoples Magazine in Phoenix, will return to the AP in August to become the news cooperative's law enforcement reporter in Albuquerque. "We are excited to have her join our team in Albuquerque." Her nearly two-year stint as editor of the bimonthly Native Peoples...

WILLISTON, N.D., July 29- U.S. oil companies, under renewed pressure from falling crude prices, are increasingly tweaking and mixing fracking technologies as they scramble to squeeze more out of wells and eke out profits after rounds of cost-cutting. Shale oil firms need the experiments to payoff now more so than before given that oil prices have resumed their...

LOVELAND, Colo. _ Heska Corp. on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $1.2 million. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 10 cents per share. Heska shares have climbed 61 percent since the beginning of the year.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. _ Level 3 Communications Inc. on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $13 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 40 cents per share. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.09 billion.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. _ Starz Inc. on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $63.4 million. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 64 cents per share. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $442.1 million.

NEW YORK, July 29- When Matt and Jen Osmun opened their vape shop in Bethel, Connecticut, last December, they didn't expect to get a boost from the local medical marijuana outlet. "Sales are going really well, and getting better every month," said Jen Osmun, who started the business with her husband, a former plumber, after he was injured in an accident.

WESTMINSTER, Colo. _ Farmland Partners Inc. on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter. The real estate investment trust, based in Westminster, Colorado, said it had funds from operations of $1.8 million, or 16 cents per share, in the period. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds...

DENVER _ SM Energy Co. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $57.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 15 cents per share. SM Energy shares have decreased 11 percent since the beginning of the year.

BOULDER, Colo. _ Dynamic Materials Corp. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $1.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 7 cents per share. Dynamic Materials shares have declined 34 percent since the beginning of the year.

July 28- U.S. oil and gas company Anadarko Petroleum Corp on Tuesday reported a drop in profit, but results topped Wall Street expectations as the oil and natural gas company improved drilling practices and produced more crude than expected. The gains were driven by crude from shale fields in Colorado and Texas. The Houston company had a quarterly profit of $61...

BISMARCK, N.D.— Tribal leaders from a prolific portion of North Dakota's oil-rich Fort Berthold Reservation are scaling back proposed drilling regulations that industry officials warned could slow crude production. Leaders of a section of the reservation that produces the most oil recently formed the West Segment Regulatory Commission, based in Mandaree,...

July 28- Paymap Inc, a unit of Western Union Co, agreed to pay $38.4 million to settle U.S. regulatory charges that it deceived consumers into signing up for a program advertised as a way to help them pay off their mortgages faster and save on interest payments. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday said Paymap, a payment processor, will pay a $5...

WASHINGTON— U.S. home prices rose steadily in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year. And separate data released by the Census Bureau Tuesday pointed to the limited impact of the three-year old housing recovery: The proportion of Americans owning their own homes has continued to decline and is now at the lowest level since 1967..

NEW YORK, July 28- U.S. single-family home prices in May rose from the previous year at the same pace as April but fell short of forecasts, as housing construction slowed and new home sales lagged existing home sales, a closely watched survey said on Tuesday. Denver, San Francisco, and Dallas experienced the biggest year-over-year home appreciation among the 20...

DENVER _ Intrepid Potash Inc. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $4.9 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 1 cent per share. Intrepid Potash shares have dropped 38 percent since the beginning of the year.